Cursive Efbev 16 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: branding, packaging, headlines, social posts, invitations, casual, friendly, lively, personal, retro, handwritten feel, quick signature, casual elegance, expressive display, brushy, slanted, looping, monoline-ish, rounded.
A slanted cursive hand with brush-pen character, built from smooth, rounded strokes that taper at entries and exits. Letterforms show a consistent forward rhythm with open counters and occasional looped constructions, while widths vary by character in a natural handwritten way. Capitals are simplified and slightly swashy, and the lowercase keeps a compact body with tall ascenders/descenders that give the line a bouncy texture. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with curved terminals and informal, slightly uneven proportions.
This style suits short-to-medium display text where a personal, handmade voice is desired—logos, product packaging, café or boutique branding, quotes, greeting cards, and social media graphics. It can also work for invitations and informal announcements, especially when paired with a clean sans for supporting copy.
The overall tone is warm and conversational, like a quick handwritten note made with a brush pen. Its energetic slant and looping joins feel expressive and approachable, with a lightly nostalgic, signature-like flair rather than formal script refinement.
The design appears intended to capture an easy, brush-written cursive that reads quickly while still feeling handcrafted. Its simplified swashes and consistent slant suggest a focus on versatile, everyday expressiveness rather than ornate calligraphy.
Joins are generally smooth and flowing, but individual letters retain distinct shapes, keeping words legible at display and subhead sizes. Stroke endings often finish with a small flick, and round letters (o, e, a) stay airy, helping the texture avoid becoming overly dense despite the compact lowercase.